Invitation-Only VIP Event

• Select fashion industry members and potential stakeholders from City leadership, real estate community, philantropy world, corporate brands, media and others.

• Invitation is for invitee only (no guest due to intimate size of event)

• VIP Curio Members receive 1 ticket

Join us in The Chairman’s Room of the beautiful Field Building, located on the 43rd Floor, with stunning views of the City for a special evening previewing the exciting future of fashion for Chicago’s Reimagined LaSalle Corridor.

This exclusive event will present bold ideas for integrating fashion into the Corridor’s next chapter.

Hosted by the Chicago Fashion Vanguard—a newly formed nonprofit collective of fashion leaders, which includes The Curio’s Ian Gerard & Maggie Gillette, Christine Griffith, founder of Monte Vista (formerly known as Blk + Brwn Market) and PHLI founder, Dave Jeff) is dedicated to bringing world-class programming to the Loop—the evening will present a vision for a economically vibrant, innovative, and stylish era for this historic part of our city.

EVENT SCHEDULE:

• 5:00pm: Doors Open / Cocktail Reception & Light Bites

• 5:00-6:30pm: Informal fashion presentation of looks from Chicago based designers including Christina Karin, GREVYI, NICZKA, Stephane St. James and two designers from the Why Not Petites Blueprint Runway Show

• 6:30-7:00pm: Chicago Fashion Vanguard & Partners Presentation for the Fashion Future of a Reimagined LaSalle Corridor for 2026 and Beyond.

• 7:00-8:00pm: Post-Reception